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pyroxene

English

Etymology

From French pyroxène, from pyro- + Ancient Greek ????? (xénos, “stranger”).

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /pa????ksi?n/
(US) IPA^(key): /pa????ksin/

Noun

pyroxene (plural pyroxenes)

(mineralogy) Any of a group of crystalline minerals containing silicates of iron, magnesium and calcium.
- 2004, Richard Fortey, The Earth, Folio Society 2011, p. 10:
  By the pathside, there are occasional large boulders that shown black crystals the size of a fingernail; these are pyroxene minerals that had time to crystallise out deep within the chamber of liquid rock – or magma – beneath the volcano.

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diabase

English

Etymology

From French diabase, from Ancient Greek ???????? (diábasis).

Noun

diabase (countable and uncountable, plural diabases)

(geology) A fine-grained igneous rock composed mostly of pyroxene and feldspar.

Synonyms

dolerite

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Abadies

French

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ???????? (diábasis).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /dja.baz/

Noun

diabase f (plural diabases)

(geology) diabase

Descendants

? English: diabase
? Turkish: diyabaz

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pyroxene

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diabase

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